Section 220: Power to send on board officer or seaman or apprentice not shipped in Pakistan — Pakistan Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 2001

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220. Power to send on board officer or seaman or apprentice not shipped in Pakistan who is undergoing imprisonment.––If any officer or seaman or apprentice who is not shipped in Pakistan is imprisoned for any offence for which he has been sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month and his services are required on board his ship during his imprisonment but before the expiration of the period of his engagement, any Magistrate may on the application of the master or owner or his agent, notwithstanding that the period of his imprisonment has not terminated, cause the officer, seaman or apprentice to be conveyed on board the ship for the purpose of proceeding on the voyage, or to be delivered to the master or any mate of the ship, or to the owner or his agent to be by them so conveyed.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

Related sections

Section 219: Procedure where officer, seaman or apprentice not shipped in Pakistan is Section 221: Deserters from foreign ships Section 218: Unauthorised presence on board ship.––Where a ship registered in Pakistan or any Section 222: Definitions Section 217: Penalties on stowaways and discipline of stowaways and seamen carried under Section 223: Particulars to be furnished in plaints, etc.–-If any person presenting any plaint,

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